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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Captain Donna M. Odem-Nichols retired from the |
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Victoria Fire Department in April 2019, drawing to a close a |
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noteworthy tenure that spanned more than three decades; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Odem-Nichols began her career in 1986, when she |
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joined Victoria EMS as an emergency medical technician; rising |
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steadily through the ranks, she became EMS crew chief and then |
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supervisor before earning promotion to captain in 1995; that same |
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year, Victoria EMS merged with the fire department, and |
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Ms. Odem-Nichols started cross-training as a firefighter; in 1997, |
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she was named the first female fire captain in the history of the |
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Victoria Fire Department, and she went on to serve her community in |
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that capacity for more than two decades; and |
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WHEREAS, Over the course of her tenure, Captain Odem-Nichols |
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was a trailblazer, and she helped lead the department through a |
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period of transformation; in addition to her many professional |
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achievements, she organized the first VFD Explorers Club, and she |
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was the caretaker for the department Dalmatian for a number of |
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years; along the way, she garnered the respect and admiration of her |
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colleagues as well as members of the local community; and |
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WHEREAS, For 32 years, Donna Odem-Nichols has demonstrated an |
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exceptional commitment to protecting the lives and property of her |
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fellow citizens, and she may indeed reflect with pride on a career |
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well spent as she embarks on the next exciting chapter of her life; |
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now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Captain Donna M. Odem-Nichols on |
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her retirement from the Victoria Fire Department and extend to her |
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sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Captain Odem-Nichols as an expression of high regard |
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by the Texas House of Representatives. |